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From: wes@arco.com (Wes Monroe)
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Subject: Re: Please review Prepare()
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Date: 19 Feb 91 19:26:10 GMT
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In article <1991Feb15.171220.22455@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> dmmg1176@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
(David M Marcovitz) writes:
>
>I just got a note from someone describing the journal Prepare().  This
>is a bimonthly distribution of libraries and other goodies for
>programming in Think C 4.0.  It sounds great albeit a little expensive
>for my budget.  However, the note was from a very biased source (the
>editor of the journal).
>
>I am looking for less biased reports about this journal.  Does anyone
>have any experiences, good or bad, with Prepare() and its libraries?
>
A few things about Prepare().

I have subscribed to Prepare for 1 year and have recieved 3 issues,
so the bi-monthly thing is a bit misleading.  The author does
say that a subscription includes 6 issues, however long that takes.

About the contents... I have found Prepare to be extremely useful.
The primary objects I use from it at this point is the TextEdit object.
Using this object you get a 32K line text editor that supports
tabs, 1,2 &3 clicking etc.  I have had no problems at all with it.

The last addition contained the makings of a view editor.  This 
currently is implemented as an option within the Prepare Browser (an
application which is supplied to browse the Prepare man pages and
source etc., source included of course).  This is an extremely useful
tool that will let you lay out all your THINK C objects for your
windows and dialogs.  Perhaps this will become a stand alone application
in the next issue.

All in all its a great tool for learning and expanding the Think C
class library, especially if your company/university will spring for it!.

Cheers, 

Wes